anthropomorphous

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The same remark is applicable to the tailless condition of man; for the tail is absent in all the anthropomorphous apes.

From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Darwin, Charles

The relations between man and ape are most readily stated in 110 comparison with the gorilla, as on the whole the most anthropomorphous ape.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

Therefore weeping probably came on rather late in the line of our descent; and this conclusion agrees with the fact that our nearest allies, the anthropomorphous apes, do not weep.

From The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Darwin, Charles

The question also arises, if man has been produced from an anthropomorphous ape by a process of natural development, how is it that the same process has not gone on in other lines?

From Story of Creation as Told By Theology and By Science by Ackland, T. S. (Thomas Suter)

Would it be fog or light that would envelop the history of man if we said that the existence of man was explained by the hypothesis of his gradual evolution from a primitive anthropomorphous form? 

From Unconscious Memory by Butler, Samuel